Benefits Of Gardening In Colleges

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Gardens in Colleges
Man-kind creates such reminiscing beauty beyond garden gates. For this purpose schools should teach students to create their own gardens or to participate in one improving the environment. Gardening isn’t the most popular hobby, but it’s crucially beneficial. Grade schools fulfilled the mission of starting gardens and by doing so their produce and student involvement show as a success. The school and community around benefit with the plant life grown. Colleges can take it to the next level with the addition of a garden. A garden creates a hands on learning for students taking the course. Although, a long term benefit is cutting the budgeting cost in food, it allows for spending elsewhere. Implementing a gardening curriculum in colleges will produce an abundance of positive outcomes in individual’s lives as well as the society.
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Gardening is a low exercise activity, perfect for students to utilize their time and energy in studying and working on assignments. Gardening is quite repetitive when it comes to digging, planting, watering, and other gardening chores which reduces the stress hormone cholesterol. A garden is ideal for providing a nearby serene location that’s available to students to get away yet still focus on school. Working on an art project or wanting a place to read a school garden may be that desired haven. Great art pieces have come out of gardens such as Claude Monet’s painting The Artist’s Garden at Vetheuil(”Artist’s Garden at Vetheuil”). A garden not only helps alleviate stress, but it provides a place to study and work on

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